Twitterings & Photo Friday

So as y'all can see from the new sidebar I've given in and joined Twitter! I'd been hearing about it for a while and was never that interested, but I finally looked into it and realized that this'll be a great way for me to give little updates between blog posts etc. Oh and please join me! I get the impression that twitter is only as fun as the network you've got on it. But if you aren't that keen on joining you can still check in either here for my updates (ie tweets - how cute is that btw?), or here if you want to see older updates (my blog widget is only showing the 5 most recent).

Also! Check it out!!! We have some very healthy coriander in the top corner, emerging chives right below it, and some baby basil to the right of the chives. There's also about 3 visible teeny tiny parsley shoots as well. The mint is being lame though :(, I got nothing yet from that corner.

I Slept with a Bag of Compost Last Night...

Tippland Multipurpose Compost to be exact.

Yesterday in town I stopped at Hackett's garden shop and decided I was finally going to grow some plants from seed! I decided on a simple herb pack that had basil, mint, coriander, parsley and chives. Each plant came with two seed mats and each mat has approx 20 seeds. The very helpful salesman got me kitted out with a seed tray and the ubiquitous compost bag (which is now safely stored in our dark kitchen storage closet btw). I only sewed one seed mat of each, because even if only half the seeds germinate and grow I'll still need to cull the sickly ones before I transplant them into proper pots. And if all goes well I can either start the other set or dress them up prettily and give them as a gift!

My supplies: seed mats, tray, compost, mug shovel/waterer

Seed mats. Oh, if only my plants will look as vibrant and hale!

"Firmly pressing" each seed mat into the soil before covering them.

I'm rather proud of my handmade labels :)

ETA (Edited To Add): I just found out that today is St. Brigid's Day, and celebrates "the stirring of Spring and the sprouting of seeds"!! How serendipitous! This clearly bodes well :) People traditionally baked bread as well, so with our new mini oven (woot Argos) I'm so going to do it this evening!!